Reagan Quotes – Inspiring Words from the 40th President

Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

America is too great for small dreams.

The future doesn’t belong to the faint-hearted; it belongs to the brave.

The best social program is a productive job for anyone who’s willing to work.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the IRS and I’m here to help.

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done.

Information is the oxygen of the modern age.

We will always remember, we will always be proud, we will always be prepared, so we may always be free.

We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not how many are added.

Trust, but verify.

The ultimate determinate in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets, but a test of wills and ideas.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Reagan Quotes – Inspiring Words from the 40th President part 2

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I’m in a Cabinet meeting.

We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit.

There is a flickering spark in us all which, if struck at just the right age, can light the rest of our lives, elevating our ideals, deepening our tolerance, and sharpening our appetite for knowledge about the rest of the world.

We must never remain silent in the face of bigotry. We must condemn those who seek to divide us.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer.

The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

Democracy is worth dying for because it is the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying; its declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray.

There is much to be said for self-reliance, but it should never be mistaken for isolationism.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer.

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

We must do away with the idea that every young person has to go to college.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

One way to make sure crime doesn’t pay would be to let the government run it.

People don’t start wars, governments do.

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.

Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.

I’m not a great communicator, but I communicate great things.

A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.